Orangutan Awareness Day

[Catherine]

It is Orangutan Awareness Day. We should always be aware of our red haired cousins, but it is also good to remember them on a special day.
They need all the help we can give them. Habitat loss is threatening their very existence.

https://redapes.org/august-19th-is-inter...gutan-day/

If we don't act now  we could lose  them. Many efforts are being made, but the biggest threat is habitat loss. The biggest cause of habitat loss is palm oil plantations. This is a controversial subject. What should we do.

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/whic...n-palm-oil


https://www.goodto.com/food/food-news/pa...oid-460304


It is not so simple as a boycott of palm, oil products. We need to make changes in how we produce foods.


https://www.orangutans-sos.org/learn/pal...NcQAvD_BwE


This post started out as a chance to show off the new baby orangutan at the Toronto Zoo. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t...-1.6556420

So here is little Wali. I remember seeing his parents as babies. Hopefully as the summer winds down, I will be able to go and see him.